A strong cold front will move across southern Tennessee and northernAlabama on Wednesday afternoon... with widespread precipitationexpected north of the front on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.As temperatures steadily fall... rain will change to freezing rainacross northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee by midnight. Freezingrain will encompass the entire region early Thursday morning... with amixture of sleet and freezing rain expected across the northwest.Lingering light snow and flurries will be possible as precipitationdiminishes after sunrise Thursday.

Ice accumulations of one tenth to one quarter of an inch are expectedbefore sunrise Thursday... with snow accumulations ranging from atrace to around one half of an inch possible after sunrise. Inaddition to the precipitation... north winds of 10 to 15 mph willcreate wind chills in the teens on Thursday morning. Residents of theTennessee Valley should begin preparations now for this significantwinter storm.